Return-Path: X-Original-To: ietfarch-httpbisa-archive-bis2Juki@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: ietfarch-httpbisa-archive-bis2Juki@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7545821F9D1E for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 02:51:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -10.524 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.524 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.075, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-8] Received: from mail.ietf.org ([12.22.58.30]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nbNx0evYLPRn for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 02:51:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from frink.w3.org (frink.w3.org [128.30.52.56]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F218C21F9CA8 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 02:50:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lists by frink.w3.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1V3Nci-0000mj-UL for ietf-http-wg-dist@listhub.w3.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:50:44 +0000 Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:50:44 +0000 Resent-Message-Id: Received: from maggie.w3.org ([128.30.52.39]) by frink.w3.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1V3Nca-0000lu-G9 for ietf-http-wg@listhub.w3.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:50:36 +0000 Received: from mxout-07.mxes.net ([216.86.168.182]) by maggie.w3.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1V3NcZ-0005ee-Qx for ietf-http-wg@w3.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:50:36 +0000 Received: from [10.20.21.187] (unknown [195.202.153.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E4CB122E1FA; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 05:50:13 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) From: Mark Nottingham In-Reply-To: <51F4E825.1080106@gmx.de> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 11:50:11 +0200 Cc: HTTP Working Group Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <40E32626-14BA-4B52-81B4-07A896211812@mnot.net> References: <4F2EDA82.5010105@gmx.de> <907315FC-AE96-43DF-8823-D7C03C259728@mnot.net> <4F2F8E39.4070100@gmx.de> <51F4E825.1080106@gmx.de> To: Julian Reschke X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.86.168.182; envelope-from=mnot@mnot.net; helo=mxout-07.mxes.net X-W3C-Hub-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 X-W3C-Hub-Spam-Report: AWL=0.475, BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 X-W3C-Scan-Sig: maggie.w3.org 1V3NcZ-0005ee-Qx 8dbe9d1b75dc9d65bcfb7f05cc358995 X-Original-To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org Subject: Re: #303: Generic semantics for the 400 status code (also #302) Archived-At: Resent-From: ietf-http-wg@w3.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/18942 X-Loop: ietf-http-wg@w3.org Resent-Sender: ietf-http-wg-request@w3.org Precedence: list List-Id: List-Help: List-Post: List-Unsubscribe: WFM. Thanks, On Jul 28, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Julian Reschke = wrote: > On 2012-02-06 09:24, Julian Reschke wrote: >> On 2012-02-05 22:21, Mark Nottingham wrote: >>> Works for me. >>=20 >> -> >=20 > So in draft -21 it read: >=20 > "The server cannot or will not process the request, due to a client = error (e.g., malformed syntax)." -- = >=20 > In draft -22 this was changed to >=20 > "The 400 (Bad Request) status code indicates that the server cannot or = will not process the request because the received syntax is invalid, = nonsensical, or exceeds some limitation on what the server is willing to = process." -- = >=20 > I'll change that to >=20 > ""The 400 (Bad Request) status code indicates that the server cannot = or will not process the request, due to a client error (e.g., malformed = syntax)." >=20 > Best regards, Julian >=20 >=20 -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/